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Policing Advance Access published online on October 27, 2009
Policing, doi:10.1093/police/pap033
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© The Authors 2009. Published by Oxford University Press [on behalf of CSF Associates: Publius, Inc]. All rights reserved. For permissions please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Worlds Apart? On the Possibilities of Police/Academic Collaborations

Monique Marks*, Jennifer Wood**, Faizel Ali***, Tess Walsh**** and Abbey Witbooi*****

* Monique Marks, Sociology Program, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. E-mail: marks{at}ukzn.ac.za
** Jennifer Wood, Department of Criminal Justice, Temple University, USA
*** Faizel Ali, Training Division, South African Police Service, South Africa
**** Tess Walsh, Victoria Police, Australia
***** Abbey Witbooi, Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union, South Africa

This paper is co-authored by a group of researchers and practitioners who have worked together for sustained periods of time, having learnt that new wisdoms result as much from sharing knowledge and expertise as it does from forging relationships that are deeply personal. It explores ways in which police and academic researchers can work together to bring about new ways of thinking and acting within police organizations, using a research approach referred to as Participatory Action Research (PAR). The authors argue that small changes are significant and that real collaborations require both police and academic researchers to define themselves as actors with fluid identities and modes of intervention. They argue that the personality one brings to joint research endeavours is an essential transmission mode to ensure enduring change and influence.


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